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Economy, not race, N.C. key

Source: The News & Observer

Raleigh : NC : USA | about 1 year ago

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I got a phone call from a reader the other day who asked, How is it that Tuesday's election was about change in Washington but the status quo in Raleigh? I think the answer is that North Carolina's election was nationalized. When voters went to the polls they were thinking about a bad economy,

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